The council's previous meeting last week was cut short because the council president felt it was “becoming a little aggressive.”
Council President Tiffany Nix said the council was meeting in a regular budget work session, but they wanted to answer questions “as a courtesy” because of the number of questions, as the council was not scheduled to meet in regular session for another two weeks.
Questions were submitted in writing to the council. However, council members said they have very limited information from state and federal officials about the number of Haitians who have come to the area. “With these newfound friends of ours, we need to find a way that we can at least interpret their needs,” the resident asked.
Interim Police Chief Rondell Muse said police have tried unsuccessfully to use Google Translate to communicate with some people in Creole. Instead, the department contacted the Haitian consulate in Atlanta and “got the situation taken care of.”A school official said at the meeting that they have encountered one additional student who needs English language interpretation this year out of three new arrivals. Two others speak a language the system can accommodate.
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